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Bauchi State residents are alleging massive deaths from a ‘strange ailment’ in Azare, headquarters of Katagum Local Government Area of the state. About 301 people are feared dead in the last two weeks in the area, according to residents. Some ...

Fire on Saturday gutted a Moscow hospital treating patients infected with coronavirus, killing one. According to Daily Mail, hospital officials said the inferno started from a patient’s room, adding that the fire has since been put out. Sergei Sobyanin, the ...

The first batch of Nigerians stranded in the United States due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is on their way back home. It is the third batch of Nigerians to have been evacuated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was eviscerated on Twitter after sharing a seemingly harmless post showing him supporting businesses ahead of Mother’s Day – only he and the two women seen inside weren’t wearing masks. The Republican governor shared the photo ...

Another traditional ruler in the ancient city of Kano, the Dan Iyan of Kano, Alhaji Yusuf Bayero is dead. According to the Nation, Bayero who died on Saturday was the district head of Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area. The monarch ...

The Lagos State Government says it will not hesitate to re-impose total lockdown in the state if residents continue to violate guidelines on the easing of the Covid-19 lockdown. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the announcement on Saturday while giving an ...

Two policemen and four other people were killed in Afghanistan on Saturday after a deadly clash at a public food donation in central Ghor province, officials said. Hundreds of people had gathered outside the governor’s office in the provincial capital ...

An Indian pharmacist died and his boss was left hospitalised after the pair drank a chemical concoction they had developed in an effort to treat coronavirus, police said Saturday. The men worked for a herbal medicine company and were testing ...

Protesters crowded the streets of Indianapolis this week after officers shot and killed two men and fatally struck a pregnant pedestrian in three separate incidents just hours apart. Officials said both men exchanged gunfire with officers, adding that the second ...

Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, on Saturday, in an emergency call, rescued a lady suspected to a patient of COVID-19 along Ajose Adeogun by Ligali Ayorinde Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. Director-General of LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu ...

  Poland’s election day, Sunday will be one for the history books as polling stations remain closed and turnout will clock in at zero due to a political crisis set off by the coronavirus pandemic. The EU member of 38 ...

A man, who recently returned from Lagos after suffering a stroke, has died from COVID-19 complications in Kwara state. The incident, which is said to be the first COVID-19-related death in the state, occurred on Saturday morning. Rafiu Ajakaye, chief ...

The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the death of a man, identified as James Samuel, who allegedly hanged himself in his former school. Samuel, 30, hanged himself in a classroom at Government Secondary School, Gurku in the Karu Local ...

Nigeria has recorded 239 new cases of the Coronavirus across various states of the country. Announcing via its official Twitter handle, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated that 97 new cases were recorded in Lagos, 44 in Bauchi, ...

Three suspected bandits have been killed and two others arrested and handed over to soldiers in Karakkai village of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State by villagers. The source, Malam Faruku Aliyu, informed The Punch that there was a ...

Anambra State Police Command, has arrested a 28-year-old man for allegedly, ra,pi,ng a 36 year old woman twice with ‘improvised’ gun. The incident took place on Friday at Okpuno, Awka South local government area, close to Nnamdi Azikiwe University Unizik ...

One of New York’s most wanted fugitives was charged with double murder yesterday, police have revealed. Harry Behlin, 46, was arrested in Columbus, Ohio, on April 17, after allegedly shooting Kevin Dillard, 21, in the neck, and Arnelle Branch, 17, ...

The Ondo State Government has given an order to decongest the mortuaries at the public hospitals across the state. It also ordered that mass burial should be conducted for all unclaimed corpses at the state health facilities. The state Commissioner ...

The Kwara state police command Saturday intercepted a lorry loaded with about 200 suspected Almajiris around Kanbi/Oloru/Bode-Sadu axis of Moro local government area of the state. The lorry, with registration No. Kaduna MKA 54 XL, driven by one Shehu Hashim ...

NYPD officers have been accused of discrimination, after heavily enforcing social distancing rules in parks in the New York’s poorer Bronx area, while crowds gathered unchallenged in the wealthier Manhattan borough. Officers were seen enforcing coronavirus restrictions during this weekend’s ...

The Lagos State Government has expressed concern over the increasing number of runaway patients who tested positive for Covid-19 in the state, describing it as “disturbing.” Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, made the remark on Friday, during a media ...

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has decorated that his administration has put in place life insurance policy for the State health workers, just has their hazard allowance has been reviewed from 200 to 300 per cent. The Governor who ...

A man was struck and killed by a Southwest Airlines plane as it was landing on the runway of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport late Thursday, according to airport officials. The man who died was not an employee at the airport and ...

Google and Facebook have announced plans to reopen their offices soon but are allowing more home working flexibility. Google originally said it would keep its work from home policy until 1 June but is extending it for seven more months. ...

Osun State Government has confirmed that a male Kano State returnee has tested positive for coronavirus in the state, bringing the total active cases to three. A statement by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu on Saturday stated ...